topic Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20053#M726 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Will,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>As the other referenced threads have indicated, using Google Maps in the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex is a violation of Google's terms of service. Therefore, while technically it is possible, legally the answer is "no".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:47:01 GMT DerekLaw 2012-03-02T16:47:01Z Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20050#M723 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a way to bring Google Maps into the Flex Viewer?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:46:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20050#M723 WillHughes1 2012-03-02T11:46:49Z Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20051#M724 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Check out these threads:</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/49070-Is-there-a-way-to-add-google-maps-basemaps-to-flex-viewer?highlight=google">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/49070-Is-there-a-way-to-add-google-maps-basemaps-to-flex-viewer?highlight=google</A><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/49032-Embedded-Google-Maps-Missing-Tiles-in-Internet-Explorer-CSS?highlight=google">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/49032-Embedded-Google-Maps-Missing-Tiles-in-Internet-Explorer-CSS?highlight=google</A></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:51:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20051#M724 MLowry 2012-03-02T11:51:41Z Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20052#M725 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>So the answer appears to be NO?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:58:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20052#M725 WillHughes1 2012-03-02T11:58:59Z Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20053#M726 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Will,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>As the other referenced threads have indicated, using Google Maps in the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex is a violation of Google's terms of service. Therefore, while technically it is possible, legally the answer is "no".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:47:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20053#M726 DerekLaw 2012-03-02T16:47:01Z Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20054#M727 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Derek Law,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[INDENT]As a member of the ArcGIS Server product management,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Could you please specify what are the legal constraints that prohibit using Google Maps on Flex ?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>and what are the violation of Google's terms of service we are talking about?[/INDENT]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:28:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20054#M727 El_BoukfaouiReda 2012-06-02T10:28:06Z Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20055#M728 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Reda,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote"> ... Could you please specify what are the legal constraints that prohibit using Google Maps on Flex? and what are the violation of Google's terms of service we are talking about? </BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FYI, you can read and learn about the </SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://maps.google.com/help/legalnotices_maps.html">Legal Notices for Google Maps/Google Earth and Google Maps/Google Earth APIs </A><SPAN> and </SPAN><A href="http://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html">Google Maps/Earth Additional Terms of Service</A><SPAN> online.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:11:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20055#M728 DerekLaw 2012-06-04T04:11:26Z Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20056#M729 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have read all the conditions and I was just wondering what are the </SPAN><STRONG>violation</STRONG><SPAN> of Google's terms of service we are talking about on Esri's Flex Viewer ?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 05:47:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20056#M729 El_BoukfaouiReda 2012-06-04T05:47:46Z Re: Google Maps in Flex Viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20057#M730 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Reda,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote"> I have read all the conditions and I was just wondering what are the <STRONG>violation</STRONG> of Google's terms of service we are talking about on Esri's Flex Viewer? </BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>There's a great discussion on the topic in this </SPAN><A href="http://rexdotnet.blogspot.com/2010/09/use-google-maps-with-arcgis-silverlight.html">blog post</A><SPAN>. Even though the post refers to the ArcGIS API for Silverlight, the same general guidelines apply.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:33:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/google-maps-in-flex-viewer/m-p/20057#M730 DerekLaw 2012-06-05T13:33:27Z